HSS Symposium: Global Modernities and Modernisms in Art, Philosophy and Literature
This symposium, following up on our 2022 symposium on ‘Global Literary Modernities and Modernisms’ arrives in the wake of the
‘What is Political Theology? Secularism, Modernity, and the Question of Religion’
Title: ‘What is Political Theology? Secularism, Modernity, and the Question of Religion’ Abstract: What is Political Theology? In broad brush
The Quest for Modern Assam: A History, 1942 to 2000
The Quest for Modern Assam explores the interconnected layers of political, environmental, economic, and cultural processes that shaped the development of
Talk on Poverty, Vulnerability, & Climate Change: Competing Narratives of Suffering and the Excuses of the Powerful
The climate crisis is at the intersection of two sets of injustices. The first is the obvious one, concerning the
Lecture on “Viewing Ceramic Thin-sections: Methods and Prospects”
In hybrid mode, the Archaeological Sciences Centre at IITGN is hosting the 35th lecture in the Webinar series on ‘Recent Advances in South Asia’s History and
Caste Knowledge and Power: Ways of knowing in 20th century Malabar
Caste, Knowledge, and Power investigates the transformations of caste practices in twentieth-century India and the role of knowledge in this
3rd International Conference in Commemoration of Padma Shri Awardee Iravatham Mahadevan
History, Science and Technology of South Asian Ceramics At a time when India is witnessing the collapse of its traditional
Neither Settler Nor Native: The Making and Unmaking of Permanent Minorities
This lecture will offer a genealogy of political modernity: the nation-state and the colonial state were constructed at the same
Kautilyanomics For Modern Times
This talk will engage with Kautilya’s Arthashastra and reflect on the relevance of the former to present day economic development and
Monster Soup and Floating Bubbles: Cartoonists’ response to health crises from the time of Miasma to the COVID
Can we use cartoons and comics based on an emergency like an epidemic or pandemic to analyse paradigm shifts and